Calibration adjustments to address bias in mortality analyses due to informative sampling—a census-linked survey analysis in Switzerland

Background Sampling bias, like survey participants’ nonresponse, needs to be adequately addressed in the analysis of sampling designs. Often survey weights will be calibrated on specific covariates related to the probability of selection and nonresponse to get representative population estimates. Ho...

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Main Authors: André Moser, Matthias Bopp, Marcel Zwahlen, Swiss National Cohort study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4376.pdf